Filler.



W. A. KNIGHT.

PILLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNBZB, 1906. IHIII'IIWED APR. 22, 1909. 925, 1 O9.

Patented June 15,1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2e, 190e. RENBWED APB. 22, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

WALTER A. KNIGHT, OF MADISONVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO FEDERAL CANNING MACHINERY COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

FILLER.

Application 1i1ed June 28, 1906, Serial No. 323,869. Renewed April 22, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. KNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madisonville, in the county of IIamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fillers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines foriilling fruit or other goods to be preserved by canning into containers, said filling machines of the type disclosed in the application of Charles F. Gray, of Indianapolis, Indiana, filed May 25th, 1906, Serial Number 318,718, employing means for exhausting the air from the container, so that air pressure on a superimposed body of goods in the hopper will force the goods into the container, cornpletely filling it.

It is found advantageous to be able to handle a plurality of sizes of containers on a single machine, and my imglrovements provide means of adjustment to t at end.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1, is a side elevation of the Gray filler, showing means of adjustment of the bed length, length of levers, position of containers chute, and length of knife rod. Fig. 2, is a detail of the vacuum chest, its valve and controlling mechanism, with the interfering parts of the bed broken away and the vacuum chest in section. Fig. 3, is a crank shaft formed with an adjustable wrist-pin. Fig. 4, is a detail of the modified crank. Fig. 5, is a vertical lateral section through the bed and false sides permitting adjustment to containers of different size diameters. Fig. 6, is an enlarged detail of a portion of the bed with the chute plate and attendant parts and means for altering the length of the bed. Fig. 7, is a vertical lateral section through the levers where they telescope for adjustment. Fig. 8, is an enlarged detail of the knife rod adjusting mechanism.

Referring now to the drawings, F, is the frame with journals, fj, thereon.

O, is the bed, whose bottom is slotted at the rear by slot, c. A, the driven shaft, with pulley, a, and pinion, al, rotatively attached thereto; B, the crank shaft, with gear, l), and cams, b2, and b3, rotatively attached thereto; E, the vacuum Chest whose bottom, El, has nozzle, el, surrounding exit opening, e, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 15, 1909.

Serial No. 491,600.

surrounded by air holes, @12, these in turn surrounded on under. side by compressible packing ring, e, knife e, slidably adjustable longitudinally within the chest, E, next the bottom with perforations, e7, adapted to register with ell, and perforations, es, adapted to register with those, 612, said knife actuated from without through compound rod e5, e4, e3, e2, the latter piercing bracket, el; lever, G, pivoted to the bed at o1, plunger rod, g, guided by support, g2, and carrying plunger g1, said plunger fixed at a predetermined height, by nuts, g4, g5, and weight, g3, adapted to normally depress lever, G, together constituting the container elevating mechanism; I, the hopper extending through the vacuum chest and terminating at the knife in an opening, i, adapted to register with perforation, e7; J, the container chute; II, the container forwarder, with its tee head, h1 preferably integral therewith and connecting rod, h, journaled thereto; D, the air tank connected to the vacuum chest through the pipe, d2, rocker valve, d, and pipe, di, and to the steam pipe, d4, through the pipe, d3, check valve, d10, and ejector, dg, and the lever, d5, pivoted to the bed at c2, and to the lever, d6, which in turn is pivoted to the valve lever, d7, the weight, d8, adapted to normally hold the forward end of the lever, d5, depressed, together constituting the valve operating mechanism; all said mechanism together constituting said Grays invention, which it is necessary to review to point out the nature and operation of my improvements.

The width of the bed may be adapted to various sizes of containers by securing false sides, O1, to the inner surfaces of the sides of the bed. This may be done in any desired manner as with screws, c3, whose heads, o4, are adapted to rotate freely in longitudinal recesses, o5, milled in the false sides, O1, said screws, o3, being threaded through the sides, C, making the false sides, C1, adjustable toward and from each other to forma passage between them of suitable width for the particular size container to beviilled.

The length of the bed between the container chute, J, and the chest opening, e, is made adjustable in any convenient way; as by forming said bed of a forward and rear section, said sections dove-tailed together with right and left threads, operatingl through lugs, c, in p airs, one on the rear and the other on the forward portion of the bed. i Lock nuts, 011?, may be provided for more.

securely maintaining the desired position of the bolt.

The container chute, J, terminates at its lower end :in a plate, j, which has aflange, y1, Corresponding to a iiange, C11, on the outer side of the upper edge ofthe bed. Bolts, j?, pierce the flange, j1, and the flange, c, the latter being slotted to permit of longitudinal adjustment of the Container chute plate,A The chute, J, is' usually a sheet metal pipe and 4sizes adapted to fit different diameter cans may be provided. Provisions for iitting such sizes may be made at the plate, j, in`the form of suitable bushings,I ja, whose lower outer diameter fits the perforation of the plate and whose inner diameter fits a smaller sized chute. Longitudinal adjustment of the plate,'j, as provided above, permits delivery o'f any size of containers just in frontof the forward face of plungenH.

i Adjustment of the stroke' of `theslidi'n'g head, so as to be equal to the diameter of any particular sized containers', is provided'by making the wrist pin, b1, adjustable. The following is a'simple and convenient way. The wrist-pin is composed of the bolt, bi1, which pierces the sides, b5, of the crank and cylindrical surrounding sleeve, ,1211, which the same length as the normal widthof the crank. Bolt, b4, is provided with one or more nuts, 57, on each end, or may have a fixed head on one end. The crank sides, b, have slots,` bs (see Fig. 4), adapted to receive the bolt, b4, and admit of its adjustment therein to secure the desired stroke;

Lever, d5, is made somewhat adjustable as to length in any convenient way as by telescoping and retaining with a screw, d, (see Fig. 7). Lever, G, is made likewise adjustable andheld with a screw, ge.

Provision is made for lseveral points, c1, where lever, G, may be pivoteld to the bed, C, and provision is made for several points, c2, where lever, d5, may be pivoted l,to the bed, C.' Y

The upper part of the sliding head, H, is made of' such a width as to reciprocate in the bed, C, when the smallest diameter containers are to be filled; and its width is increased for containers of greater diameter by adding plates, H2, of suitable and equal thickness to its sides. These may bel held in any convenient way as by screws,` h3. There'must also be aplurality of plates, E1, and knives e, with corresponding perfora- Longitudinal movement is tions adapted to the container apertures of the several sizes of containers to be filled.

rlhe knife, rod e?, is made somewhat adjustable as to length in any convenient way as by telescoping in a sleeve, @11, and fixing in position with a screw, e15 (see Fig. 8).

My improvements are utilized as follows: Let us presume that the machine `has been `used on some large containers as on ordinary tintoina'tozcansand it is 'now'desired to fill corn cans, which are not so high and of much smaller diameter.

' (1) Narrow thesliding head, H by removing froml each side 'one or inore'plates, 7b2, or replacing 'withfthinner ones, so that the width of the head'is approXiinately equal to t'hediameter ofthe corn can.

(2) Adjust the false sides, C1, by means of the'screws, c3, so that they are closer together, and forni a' 'passage in the center of the ytrough ofthe bed sufficiently wide to allowA the lcorn can to be pushed along the bed lengthwise without binding.

(3) Adjust the sleeve, 511, and the bolt, b1, so as to'produce a stroke of the sliding head theoreticallyequal to the diameter of the corn can, but in actual practice a little more, so as to leave a slight clearance under the can chute, J, that the cans may not fail to drop to vrthe'floorof the bed.

` (4) A bottom, E1,iand'a knife, e, having goods andair apertures adapted tothe opening of the corn can,`will replace those now on the machine for tornato cans. i

(5) Loosen thescrews, 615, (111, and g, and the nuts '010. Revolve the bolts, 08,' lengthening or shortenirg the bed as is most'expedi'ent, until the'sliding head when at the eXtreme limitl of its forward stroke acts upon any number of the corn cans, so vas to 'eX- actly center one of said'cans over the plunger, g1, and under the exit opening, @11. Then tighten down thenuts, 011?. i

(6) The levers, G, and CZ, and the rod, e5, have been lengthened'rv shortened "as the case mayVV be,A bythe adjustment of the length of the bed, so tighten down the screws, g, 111, and 615.(

(7) Adjust the plunger rod, g, by means of nuts, g1, g5 ande ange the pivotto any of the points, c1, to secure the "roper stroke of the plunger, g1', through the'lever, G, when actuatedfby the ca'm,'b3.V

(8) Change the pivot to any of the points, c2 to secure the "proper ystroke of thelever, d?, of the "valve, (l, vkthroughthe lever," (Z5, when actuated by the Garraf?. i (9) Adfust the osietion of the lates, j, of the can c ute, J, "y moving the "olts, jz, so that thecans will fall justin front ofthe face of the sliding head, "when at its eXtreme rearward position; place 'the proper size bushing', 7'11, in 'positionandput suitable size chute, J,`in place.` i

It will be apparent that the steam pipe, d, must have a :flexible connection (not shown).

All the adjustments are now made and the machine is ready to be operated as described in the application of Gray.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent of the United States l. In a machine ofthe character described, the combination of a bed, a head slidably mounted therein, supplemental or false sides with said bed, and means for adjusting the false sides toward and from each other to vary the transverse diameter of the bed.

In a machine of the character described, the combination of a bed having permanent sides, false sides removably mounted between said permanent sides, and means carried by the permanent sides and engaging said false sides to move the latter toward and from each other to adjust the internal transverse diameter of the bed.

3. In a machine of the character described,

the combination of a bed, a head slidable therein, and means for adjusting` the throw of the head, said means including a shaft, crank arms rigid therewith, and a crank pin adjustable radially of the shaft.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a bed, a head operable therein, and means for operating the head, said bed formed of sections adjustable longitudinally onev relative to the other.

5. In a machine ofthe character described, the combination of a two-part bed, a head operable therein, means for operating the head, and adjusting screws turnably mounted on one part of the bed and engaging nuts on the other part of said bed, for adjusting the length of the bed.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the bed, a head slidable therein, means for o erating the head, means for adjusting the ength of the bed, means for adj usting the width of the bed relative to said head, a filling hopper beneath which containers are fed by the head, a plunger for elevating the container into operative engagement with-the hopper, an f operating power shaft, and connections between said shaft and plunger said connections being adjustable as to length and fulcrum.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER A. KNIGHT.

Witnesses:

CEAS. HERBERT JONES. JOSEPH R. GARDNER. 

